Research Seminar
What is a Research Seminar?
In Research Seminars, students deepen their research interests and knowledge under a supervisor of their choice. There are over 20 Research Seminars (listed below).
Competencies Students Develop in Seminars
- Identifying and Analyzing Problems
Following the guidance of researchers with abundant knowledge and experience, students develop the skills to independently analyze the various issues Japan faces.
- Teamwork and Small-Group Discussion Skills
Seminars are small classes. The individualized atmosphere gives students the opportunity to interact positively with each other and to discuss their research one-on-one with their supervisor.
- Practical Skills and Autonomy as Researchers
Seminars improve students’ research skills in numerous ways. Students proceed with their own research through various types of study, such as literature review, group studies, discussions, research presentations, and discussing thesis drafts.
- Creativity and Originality as Researchers
Alongside the Research Seminar, students may take seminars offered by other professors, too. Through this system, they acquire the multifaceted perspectives necessary for developing rich creativity.
Outline of Seminars
Here are the Research Seminars offered in the School of Japan Studies.
[Japanese Society]
- KIMURA Masami [Foreign Relations Studies, Japanese History, American History, U.S.-Japan Relations, Asia-Pacific Relations]
- Philip SEATON [Historical Memory, Heritage, Tourism Studies]
- TANIKAWA Mirai [Modern Japanese History, Japanese Economic History]
- John PORTER [Early Modern Japanese History, Urban History]
- TOMOTSUNE Tsutomu [Intellectual History and Religion in Japan, Modern Japanese History, Minority Studies]
- Ioan TRIFU [Political Science, Modern and Contemporary History, Environment and Society]
- HARUNA Nobuo [Japanese Politics (and Foreign Relations), Political Thought, Modern Japanese History]
[Japanese Literature and Culture ]
- SUGANAGA Rie [Classical Japanese Literature, Tanka, HAIKU (Classical Japanese Haiku, Modern and Postmodern Japanese Haiku, World Haiku)]
- TSUCHIDA Kōsuke [Studies in Poetics, Reception Theory, and Words of Aesthetic Evaluation in Medieval to Early Modern Japan (based on materials such as Waka and Renga Poetry, Japanese Gardens, and the Way of Tea)]
- NISHIHARA Daisuke [Modern Japanese Literature, Comparative Literature Related to Modern Japanese Literature; instruction in Modern Japanese Art and Noh/Kyogen is also possible]
- Irina HOLCA [Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature; Translation, (Print) Media, Gender]
[Japanese Linguistics]
- KAWAMURA Futoshi [Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary, Japanese Language History, etc.]
- SHIMAHARA Kōichi [Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Japanese Language Education]
- HANAZONO Satoru [Japanese Linguistics (Grammar and Lexicology, Okinawan Language Education)]
- YUKIMATSU Hanae [Japanese Grammar and Lexicology, Japanese Grammar for Learners, etc.]
[Japanese Language Education]
- ISHIZAWA Tōru [Japanese Language Education, Second Language Acquisition, Teacher Development]
- IJŪIN Ikuko [Pragmatics, Discourse (Conversation/Composition) Analysis, Japanese Language Education, Corpus Analysis]
- UMINO Tae [Second Language Acquisition Studies, Japanese Language Education Studies]
- ŌTSU Tomomi [Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Anthropology, Sociolinguistics, Japanese Language Education Studies]
- NAKAI Yōko [Japanese Language Education Studies, Conversation Data Analysis, Conversation Education Research]
- LIN Chunchen [CALL Material Development, Digital Language Learning Environment, and other fields related to computers and education, including AI Studies]